noun
- plural of fyke; bag-shaped fishing nets with funnel-like openings that trap fish
Usage: fishing terminology
Examples
- The fishermen set their fykes in the shallow bay at dawn.
- Several fykes were damaged during the storm last night.
- Commercial fishers use fykes to catch eels and other fish.
- The fykes filled with fish as the tide came in.
- Park rangers found illegal fykes in the protected waters.